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Really, is anyone surprised?

To paraphrase Mary McCarthy’s famous line about Lillian Hellman: “Everything that comes out of the Obama Regime is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the.’ ”

Via The Weekly Standard: Experts: Michelle Obama Cited Bogus Study Showing Drastic Drop in Childhood Obesity

When Michelle Obama celebrated the fourth anniversary of “Let’s Move,” her White House initiative on fitness and healthy eating, she cited a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) showing a remarkable 43 percent drop in obesity rates among children ages 2-5. Mrs. Obama brought up the study again on Friday at a Partnership for a Healthier America’s Building a Healthier Future Summit. But a report by Reuters health & science correspondent Sharon Begley casts doubt on the validity of the results of the study. While Begley concludes that “no one can say for certain that the claim is wrong,” the results are so uncertain that “based on the researchers’ own data, the obesity rate may have even risen rather than declined.”

The problem lies in large measure with the small sample size of the CDC study and its relatively large margin of error. Begley explains:

The 13.9 percent obesity rate among preschoolers reported for 2003-2004 had a large enough margin of error that the actual rate could range between 10.8 percent and 17.6 percent, the CDC authors acknowledged. The 8.4 percent rate in 2011-2012 reported could range from 5.9 percent and 11.6 percent….

The study size is not the only problem. Other studies, some with considerably larger sample sizes, have shown significantly smaller decreases; others have shown little change; still others have actually shown obesity increasing….

This is not the first time Mrs. Obama has cited statistics in support of Let’s Move that turned out to be less than meets the eye. Just last year, on the third anniversary of Let’s Move, the first lady’s office sent out a press release that appeared to take credit for the recent developments that “national childhood obesity rate has leveled off, and even declined in some cities and states.” In particular, the White House highlighted a 13 percent decline in childhood obesity in Mississippi….

Rather than wait for results to come in over the long term, the White House seems too eager to show that Mrs. Obama’s Let’s Move program is having an impact while President Obama is still in office. However, continuing to cite studies that do not support the assertions being made may do more harm than good, not only to Mrs. Obama’s reputation, but to the very causes her program seeks to advance.

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  1. Kitten says:

    I’m sorry, did the study site the increased margin in Mooch’s bottom? Um, didn’t think so. Nobody says “boo” about that. These people have no shame, now they’re lying about the children. But isn’t it always about the children.

  2. cestory says:

    FLOTIS just needs to go away!

  3. ancientwrrior says:

    If this study is true, then perhaps it’s because people are poorer now and cannot feed their children adequately. No jobs = less money for food, = less obesity, (starving kids don’t get fatter). So who is ultimately responsible? You figure it out. I noticed that Queen Moooschelle’s derriere is not getting any smaller, now why is that?

  4. Dave says:

    I can’t wait until we make her ‘Move On’.

  5. MsScheherazade says:

    Mrs. Obama is a charlatan just like her husband! Like other Liberals, she will distort the facts so she can see what she believes. People fawn over her because she is the Empress without clothes. I agree with other comments. She should look in the mirror before she tells the rest of us what to ingest. Yes, I, too, cannot wait until she “Moves On”.

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